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Wooster daily news. (Wooster, Ohio), 1918-07-18

Wooster daily news. (Wooster, Ohio), 1918-07-18 page 1

V food wnrww - THE WAR. VOL. 15. Mm NO. 5. :: , . . . -? ....... - . V . Greatest Allied Drive J RUN LOSS TERRIFIC I DESPERATE TRY TO CAPTURE RDS ,PARIS, July 18. The Germans sustained fully 70,000 casualties in the first two days fighting in the "Dormans pocket" south of the Marne, the Matin declared today. The allies started a counter offensive this morning by attacking on the' 35-mile front from, the Marne northward to the AiBne. ' - ;,,.',' s The French communique, is- k sued at noon, stated that initial gains of from a mile to nearly two mjiles jftadei .made and ; that prisoners were taken. . " The jFrairca-American - attack extends ..'the battle line into a gigantic fighting front of nearly J 00 miles from Main de Masslges to the region of Soissons. Additional American forces hare thus been hurled into the maelstrom of blood and steel on the west, front. Marines and regulars are known to be in the line from Vaux northwestward to Vinly, and it is probable that numbers of American reserves have been thrown into this fighting. ' ' . The allied assault apparently comes at a time when the German efforts Is at its lowest ebb, the French report declares that In this region there was "no change." , HAIO REPORTS BIO '" SUCCESSES ALSO LONDON, July. The British troops continued to improve their positions on various sectors of the Plcadyv front. Field Marshal Haig ; reported today. - "Australian trpps In a local enterprise in the neighborhood of Viller-Bretonneux, advanced our line on a front of. more than a mile last night, taking two field guns and some prisoners and machine guns. Our positions were also slightly improved during the nlghC east of Hebuternc. A hostile raid was repulsed south of Buoqiioy. Hostile artillery was active during the night north of Ballleul." ' ' . ', By Fred 3. Ferguson, WITS THE AMERICAN ARMY IN CAMPAGNE, July 18 (10 a. m.) The fourth day of the battle finds the Oermani still halted in the attempt to cnvelbp Rheimi. ,': ' Stubbornness of the American and French.; at the rifht extremities from the risiht of , Rheims safely holds the allies' flanks. The allies ire not only holding their grtmnd. hut aire inflicting the heaviest punishment on the enemy. In the region of Mezy and Jalgonnes, the bochi. dead are piled four and 'five deep. ' " XT. "' 1 One Amcaa ; regimental com BIGGEST BOCHE BAG. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN THE CHAMPAGNE, uly 18. (U. P.) After killing or capturing the crews of tour machine guns and raking a boche filled trench with his automatic rifle until thesurvivors-sur-rendejedV Sergeant F. Brown walked into American headquarters late yesterday with 159 prisoners. " "I am sorry, sir, that Ijwas unable to bring in all i- had he raid, in reporting, DEATBOF QUENTI OYSTER BAY, N. Y., July 18. Official word of the loss of Lieu tenant Quentin Roosevelt behind the German lines in France was re ceived here today by Colonel Roose velt in a cable mesasge from General Pershing. The message follows: "I regret very much that your son, Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt, Is re ported missing. On July 14, with a patrol of twelve .planes, he left on a mission of protecting photogdaphic sections. Seven enemy planes were sighted and attacked, after which our planes returned and broke oft combat, returning to their bases. Lieutenant Roosevelt did not return. A member of the squadron reports Eecing one of our planes fall out of control and Into the clouds and the French report an American plane was seen descending. I hope he may have landed safely. Will advise you immediately on receipt of further information." Before leaving for Saratoga, where he expected to deliver a keynote speech at the Republican gaining, the colonel sent the following reply to General Pershing:' "Wo are deeply grateful for your thoughtful kindness and we will never forget it." The message was signed by Colonel and Mrs. Roosevelt. PLANNING TO GET MORE SKILLED WORKMEN COLUMBUS, July 18.' Plans to increase the supply of skilled workmen ti meet the war emergency, through the schools, was discussed there today at a meeting of Colum bus school board members with local manufacturers and employment mangers. The conference is a part j cation to provide this training tbrougbout the state. "but four of the wourided died WEATHER PARTLYL CLOUDY by Allies Since The Advance of April, 1917 Started Today 0 ANP SHAME PLEASE nope j- 1 1 I . I nope A CT : lOTy k w CAN'T TEAR DOWN ALL OF KR1EGE8 WALL, COURT HOLDS Peoples Co. Hay However Shave Off About 2 Inches of Wall Judg L, R. Crltchflcld In common pleas court this afternoon handed down his decision in the tfrieger' 1 wall injunction case and held that j the wali fs a party wall between! Mrs. Henrietta Krleger and tho Peoples Sayings &(Loan company, that the Peoples company has tho right to Bhave off two and one-quarter inches of the wall that stands on tho company's property, but if In no doing the wall standing on the Krleger property is damaged, Mrs. Krleger must be compensated for the damages..." -': . The court held that Mrs. Krleger does not fjeod a new wall for the support of lier block. The court sustained the . temporary injunction secured to stop the tearing down of the wall. This means that the Peoples company, by their contractors, cannot further tear down all of the north wall of the Krieger block In Rahl drug store room. Judge . Crltchfleld, however, gave the Peoples company tho right to take down Its two and one-fourth Inches, but said, "If you must take down the entire wall to remove your two and one-fourth Inches, you must build a new wall equally as good as Mrs. Krieger needs or as good as the present , wall." , As t the obstruction of the alley in the rear of the Krleger block the court held that the enterprise shown by the Peoples company Is erecting a $100,000 bank building is of so much Importance to the welfare of Wooster that the temporary obstruction of the ullcy Is of very minor Ira portanct. ' '; ; : ' 'In addition, th People' company ilias given ' Its word that the alley I 1 will be pla'cel fn t.ter condition T ONIGHT; FRIDAY FAIR, SLIGHTL Y" WARMER. WOOSTER, OHIO, THURSDAY, JULY Blame the Kaiser HAIR Tome ? MI5T6R WILL Y00 50MP WATER i CREW OF SUNK SHIP ARRIVES (I'nltod Prcxs niHDHtch) HALIFAX, N. S., July 18.--The crew of the Norwegian hark, Mar- moca, torpedoed and mink 700 mllcH KoutheaHt of Sanso, N. 8., wan landed today at that place by a nh!p bound Houth which carried them nor the coant. Their boat was placed in the water aa the rescuing; vessel passed Canso and the men rowad shore. TWO OHMS DAY'S LIST I KPA f$; NICE fHAiRn Referring to the end of the war, n.'nltcd Prnss DlHrrfit'ii) he said: "We must Insist upon speed- WASHINOTON, July 18 Seven ing up the war, so that our giant marines wcro named on today's caKii- strength may bo fully utilized, and alty list, Including three killed in next yeur our armies overseas at action; one dead of wounds and least equal In the aggregate to the three severely wourftled. j Gorman armies. We must rofuwr The Ohio list includes Privates any peace except the peace of over-Charles C. Hale of McConnelsvillo whelming victory." killed in action and Alfred C. Wal- The colonel bitterly attacked the burn of Welston, died from wounds, war department for what he termed There arc no Ohio names in the procrastination In carrying on the army list. The name of Lieutenant war. Achicvemnts which have been Roosevelt has not come through In made, ho laid to tho door of the sen-thc official list of either killed or ate committee on military affairs wounded. TWO MORE STUDENTS GO TO FORT SHERIDAN President White's office gave out Thursday the names of two college students, who go to Sheridan to make up the six ot nor Fort who i will take special military training there. There are Robert Dickson of Martini Ferry awj Cadey Young of Savannah. President White has also asked permission from the war de - partftit to send ten r"n Instead of 18, 1918. D HAVE VOOft HAIR WttHEP, 16P4V f FACE -1 ROOSEVELT NOT YET SATISFIED KAHATOOA, N. V.. July 18. Americanism, the crv of Colonel Theodore lioosevelt for years, wasl,,ftVC rccapltrod NaillMlil, Vcxfcilll lllld Hois lift Rod, It was' his slogftii today as he addressed tho 1 l'rno(l from aiillioriliifive sources loday. .... New Vork stale Republicans in ses-1 'Hie French have luTii driven across Ihe crest of the ridge sion here, l'refaclng his keynote south of DorniHiis liy a German local operation.. talk wiin a demand ror ruii-nieuged Hlleglance lo the American flag, with Ihc asacrtlon that "there can bo no fifty-fifty Americanlsnfln this country," ho pointed out what the R'J- upblican party hasatood for Bince the war hej?an, and what it will stand for In time to come. "The events of the UiHt year and a hair have shown the necessity of electing a Republican congress," he KHid, "to support the administration at every point wncre it acts vigor - ously In prosecution of the war and in the carrying out of a proper world policy," ' ' The colonel's visit hero htnrted a boom for him for governor, the un-derlylmg work being to stampede the convention for him. and not the department. He declared our army In France should have been as large on January 1 as it is now. This, he said, would have hicant defeat for the first German drive. The colonel urged war on Turkey, with an expeditionary force In Asia. THREE SONS IN WAR CAUSED SUICIDE CHICAGO, July 18. Worry of three soldier ong In France caused ,, the suicide of Mrs. Josephine Kosllck,, it WsiAnrnH t"'1" T'r body was DRIVE BY NEW ENEMY PARIS, July 18, (U. P.) French and American troops attacked this morning on the thirty-fiVc-mile front from Fonte-noy to IJelleau, the French war office announced. Advances of. from one to nearly two miles were made at pome points and prisoners were taken. There was no change on the Marne-Champagnc, front. "We. attacked the German position this morning from the region of Fontenoy to Belleau," the communique said. "At certain points we progressed from two to three kilometers. "Prisoners were taken. "On the Marnc-Champagnc front there was no change. Southwest of Montheuill-LaL-Fosse, a german. attack-was checked north of Prosnes; an attack by the German guards failed." , , :' WITH Till: AMKIUIM'rt IM TIII1 CHAMPAGNE, JULY IS (1:20 P. M.) TIIH AAIKHICANN AKK ADVANCING WITH Till: 'FKKNCII ON TIIK 35 MILK FRONT BUT WEEN SOISSONS A N I) ( ' 1 1 AT E A I 1 1 1 K HI t V. THE AMERICANS HAVE CAPTCIflll) MOKE THAN A DOZEN VILLAGES AND ADVANCED TWO MILKS. THE GREATEST AMERICAN FORCES WHICH HAVE VET PARTICIPATED IN AN V MOV KM ENT ARE ENGAGED IN THIS OFFENSIVE, WHICH WAS STARTED AT 4 A. M., TODAV. " EIGHTEEN CANNON, WERE CAPTURED. , IHVIUkV lnl,r IU n.lll 1 ""''"' n """ " The French around Chateau Ized. LONDON, July ls.(hl5 P. M.) The drivK between the Alsne and the Marne has 'heroine the hiirgest allied offensive since that wf April, 1!M7.. . Many tanks are being used In the Joint French und Anirriran advance. '', V. 1, .... "WASHINGTON, July 18. - - entire possession of their sector . 0cnPrai I V rKlijliCT reported todav w.., tu.,L.,;, i.... "tiinoii "minis iiu: Hlfl II.UI1 (IUII Kllia IWUl KjllAl' eau-Thierry were "completely broken up." : Pershing's communique follows: "In tho Marne sector our troops have. entirely gained pos-isession of the" south bank of the river. Northwest of Chateau-Thierry the enemy . yesterday .repeat ed his attempts' of .the preceding day to penetrate our lines near Vaux. His attack was completely broken up by our infantry and artillery fire before reaching our lines. ''Yesterday in the region of ' Thiaucourt a hostile airplane was shot down by one of our aviators."'" ' COLLAPSE QUICKLY By Webb Miller, it;illy News Hliift r'urrrsixirrdiit ) PARIS, .Miiy IS -10 a.m.) Completely frustrated In their . original design to reach the Marne on a wide front and smash toward Chalons, the Germans have switched to a secondary objective. atteniDtine to en circle Rheims by pushing along the! Marne river valley toward Kpcrnay, with their backs toward Paris. A high French miltary official thus summed up the situation for the United Press this morning: "This is the first time an attack of such weight has collapsed so j quickly' he declared, Reports re Icelved duHng tho night placed the enemy within eight miles of Eper- ny. Furious fighting was raging BAT CORN PEICE TWO CSNT3 ALLIES Oi DISMAY M l'rnn,.l, t.xl, u4a1rln .." i . 11.0 nuoiuug 'ininv mum ui 1 iiinrnu-1 merrj - Thierry have become staMI- American troops .have-gained on the south' bank'of liifMarne,' under date r.f -Inlv 17 4 .,, . hanks of the Marnq, along which liui't! manses of Germans were being thrown iinninst tho allies in repeated assaults. In their advance toward Kpcrnay. the Germans have the advantage of moving along a' railway and a highway, which runs tn almost parallel lines to the town. The French are 'meeting this thrust with incessantcounter-attacks which at last reports were causing many of Germany's most violent efforts to wilt without appreciable success. , ", The lighting wag described in battle dispatches as tho' m6st - furloua of offensives, the German ' shock troops meeting the Fronch counter-assaults in" repeated clashes. -:o:- A eirl that flirts Kllke a counter- Wt coir-the nev V v t- THURSDAY it,-.

V food wnrww - THE WAR. VOL. 15. Mm NO. 5. :: , . . . -? ....... - . V . Greatest Allied Drive J RUN LOSS TERRIFIC I DESPERATE TRY TO CAPTURE RDS ,PARIS, July 18. The Germans sustained fully 70,000 casualties in the first two days fighting in the "Dormans pocket" south of the Marne, the Matin declared today. The allies started a counter offensive this morning by attacking on the' 35-mile front from, the Marne northward to the AiBne. ' - ;,,.',' s The French communique, is- k sued at noon, stated that initial gains of from a mile to nearly two mjiles jftadei .made and ; that prisoners were taken. . " The jFrairca-American - attack extends ..'the battle line into a gigantic fighting front of nearly J 00 miles from Main de Masslges to the region of Soissons. Additional American forces hare thus been hurled into the maelstrom of blood and steel on the west, front. Marines and regulars are known to be in the line from Vaux northwestward to Vinly, and it is probable that numbers of American reserves have been thrown into this fighting. ' ' . The allied assault apparently comes at a time when the German efforts Is at its lowest ebb, the French report declares that In this region there was "no change." , HAIO REPORTS BIO '" SUCCESSES ALSO LONDON, July. The British troops continued to improve their positions on various sectors of the Plcadyv front. Field Marshal Haig ; reported today. - "Australian trpps In a local enterprise in the neighborhood of Viller-Bretonneux, advanced our line on a front of. more than a mile last night, taking two field guns and some prisoners and machine guns. Our positions were also slightly improved during the nlghC east of Hebuternc. A hostile raid was repulsed south of Buoqiioy. Hostile artillery was active during the night north of Ballleul." ' ' . ', By Fred 3. Ferguson, WITS THE AMERICAN ARMY IN CAMPAGNE, July 18 (10 a. m.) The fourth day of the battle finds the Oermani still halted in the attempt to cnvelbp Rheimi. ,': ' Stubbornness of the American and French.; at the rifht extremities from the risiht of , Rheims safely holds the allies' flanks. The allies ire not only holding their grtmnd. hut aire inflicting the heaviest punishment on the enemy. In the region of Mezy and Jalgonnes, the bochi. dead are piled four and 'five deep. ' " XT. "' 1 One Amcaa ; regimental com BIGGEST BOCHE BAG. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN THE CHAMPAGNE, uly 18. (U. P.) After killing or capturing the crews of tour machine guns and raking a boche filled trench with his automatic rifle until thesurvivors-sur-rendejedV Sergeant F. Brown walked into American headquarters late yesterday with 159 prisoners. " "I am sorry, sir, that Ijwas unable to bring in all i- had he raid, in reporting, DEATBOF QUENTI OYSTER BAY, N. Y., July 18. Official word of the loss of Lieu tenant Quentin Roosevelt behind the German lines in France was re ceived here today by Colonel Roose velt in a cable mesasge from General Pershing. The message follows: "I regret very much that your son, Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt, Is re ported missing. On July 14, with a patrol of twelve .planes, he left on a mission of protecting photogdaphic sections. Seven enemy planes were sighted and attacked, after which our planes returned and broke oft combat, returning to their bases. Lieutenant Roosevelt did not return. A member of the squadron reports Eecing one of our planes fall out of control and Into the clouds and the French report an American plane was seen descending. I hope he may have landed safely. Will advise you immediately on receipt of further information." Before leaving for Saratoga, where he expected to deliver a keynote speech at the Republican gaining, the colonel sent the following reply to General Pershing:' "Wo are deeply grateful for your thoughtful kindness and we will never forget it." The message was signed by Colonel and Mrs. Roosevelt. PLANNING TO GET MORE SKILLED WORKMEN COLUMBUS, July 18.' Plans to increase the supply of skilled workmen ti meet the war emergency, through the schools, was discussed there today at a meeting of Colum bus school board members with local manufacturers and employment mangers. The conference is a part j cation to provide this training tbrougbout the state. "but four of the wourided died WEATHER PARTLYL CLOUDY by Allies Since The Advance of April, 1917 Started Today 0 ANP SHAME PLEASE nope j- 1 1 I . I nope A CT : lOTy k w CAN'T TEAR DOWN ALL OF KR1EGE8 WALL, COURT HOLDS Peoples Co. Hay However Shave Off About 2 Inches of Wall Judg L, R. Crltchflcld In common pleas court this afternoon handed down his decision in the tfrieger' 1 wall injunction case and held that j the wali fs a party wall between! Mrs. Henrietta Krleger and tho Peoples Sayings &(Loan company, that the Peoples company has tho right to Bhave off two and one-quarter inches of the wall that stands on tho company's property, but if In no doing the wall standing on the Krleger property is damaged, Mrs. Krleger must be compensated for the damages..." -': . The court held that Mrs. Krleger does not fjeod a new wall for the support of lier block. The court sustained the . temporary injunction secured to stop the tearing down of the wall. This means that the Peoples company, by their contractors, cannot further tear down all of the north wall of the Krieger block In Rahl drug store room. Judge . Crltchfleld, however, gave the Peoples company tho right to take down Its two and one-fourth Inches, but said, "If you must take down the entire wall to remove your two and one-fourth Inches, you must build a new wall equally as good as Mrs. Krieger needs or as good as the present , wall." , As t the obstruction of the alley in the rear of the Krleger block the court held that the enterprise shown by the Peoples company Is erecting a $100,000 bank building is of so much Importance to the welfare of Wooster that the temporary obstruction of the ullcy Is of very minor Ira portanct. ' '; ; : ' 'In addition, th People' company ilias given ' Its word that the alley I 1 will be pla'cel fn t.ter condition T ONIGHT; FRIDAY FAIR, SLIGHTL Y" WARMER. WOOSTER, OHIO, THURSDAY, JULY Blame the Kaiser HAIR Tome ? MI5T6R WILL Y00 50MP WATER i CREW OF SUNK SHIP ARRIVES (I'nltod Prcxs niHDHtch) HALIFAX, N. S., July 18.--The crew of the Norwegian hark, Mar- moca, torpedoed and mink 700 mllcH KoutheaHt of Sanso, N. 8., wan landed today at that place by a nh!p bound Houth which carried them nor the coant. Their boat was placed in the water aa the rescuing; vessel passed Canso and the men rowad shore. TWO OHMS DAY'S LIST I KPA f$; NICE fHAiRn Referring to the end of the war, n.'nltcd Prnss DlHrrfit'ii) he said: "We must Insist upon speed- WASHINOTON, July 18 Seven ing up the war, so that our giant marines wcro named on today's caKii- strength may bo fully utilized, and alty list, Including three killed in next yeur our armies overseas at action; one dead of wounds and least equal In the aggregate to the three severely wourftled. j Gorman armies. We must rofuwr The Ohio list includes Privates any peace except the peace of over-Charles C. Hale of McConnelsvillo whelming victory." killed in action and Alfred C. Wal- The colonel bitterly attacked the burn of Welston, died from wounds, war department for what he termed There arc no Ohio names in the procrastination In carrying on the army list. The name of Lieutenant war. Achicvemnts which have been Roosevelt has not come through In made, ho laid to tho door of the sen-thc official list of either killed or ate committee on military affairs wounded. TWO MORE STUDENTS GO TO FORT SHERIDAN President White's office gave out Thursday the names of two college students, who go to Sheridan to make up the six ot nor Fort who i will take special military training there. There are Robert Dickson of Martini Ferry awj Cadey Young of Savannah. President White has also asked permission from the war de - partftit to send ten r"n Instead of 18, 1918. D HAVE VOOft HAIR WttHEP, 16P4V f FACE -1 ROOSEVELT NOT YET SATISFIED KAHATOOA, N. V.. July 18. Americanism, the crv of Colonel Theodore lioosevelt for years, wasl,,ftVC rccapltrod NaillMlil, Vcxfcilll lllld Hois lift Rod, It was' his slogftii today as he addressed tho 1 l'rno(l from aiillioriliifive sources loday. .... New Vork stale Republicans in ses-1 'Hie French have luTii driven across Ihe crest of the ridge sion here, l'refaclng his keynote south of DorniHiis liy a German local operation.. talk wiin a demand ror ruii-nieuged Hlleglance lo the American flag, with Ihc asacrtlon that "there can bo no fifty-fifty Americanlsnfln this country," ho pointed out what the R'J- upblican party hasatood for Bince the war hej?an, and what it will stand for In time to come. "The events of the UiHt year and a hair have shown the necessity of electing a Republican congress," he KHid, "to support the administration at every point wncre it acts vigor - ously In prosecution of the war and in the carrying out of a proper world policy," ' ' The colonel's visit hero htnrted a boom for him for governor, the un-derlylmg work being to stampede the convention for him. and not the department. He declared our army In France should have been as large on January 1 as it is now. This, he said, would have hicant defeat for the first German drive. The colonel urged war on Turkey, with an expeditionary force In Asia. THREE SONS IN WAR CAUSED SUICIDE CHICAGO, July 18. Worry of three soldier ong In France caused ,, the suicide of Mrs. Josephine Kosllck,, it WsiAnrnH t"'1" T'r body was DRIVE BY NEW ENEMY PARIS, July 18, (U. P.) French and American troops attacked this morning on the thirty-fiVc-mile front from Fonte-noy to IJelleau, the French war office announced. Advances of. from one to nearly two miles were made at pome points and prisoners were taken. There was no change on the Marne-Champagnc, front. "We. attacked the German position this morning from the region of Fontenoy to Belleau," the communique said. "At certain points we progressed from two to three kilometers. "Prisoners were taken. "On the Marnc-Champagnc front there was no change. Southwest of Montheuill-LaL-Fosse, a german. attack-was checked north of Prosnes; an attack by the German guards failed." , , :' WITH Till: AMKIUIM'rt IM TIII1 CHAMPAGNE, JULY IS (1:20 P. M.) TIIH AAIKHICANN AKK ADVANCING WITH Till: 'FKKNCII ON TIIK 35 MILK FRONT BUT WEEN SOISSONS A N I) ( ' 1 1 AT E A I 1 1 1 K HI t V. THE AMERICANS HAVE CAPTCIflll) MOKE THAN A DOZEN VILLAGES AND ADVANCED TWO MILKS. THE GREATEST AMERICAN FORCES WHICH HAVE VET PARTICIPATED IN AN V MOV KM ENT ARE ENGAGED IN THIS OFFENSIVE, WHICH WAS STARTED AT 4 A. M., TODAV. " EIGHTEEN CANNON, WERE CAPTURED. , IHVIUkV lnl,r IU n.lll 1 ""''"' n """ " The French around Chateau Ized. LONDON, July ls.(hl5 P. M.) The drivK between the Alsne and the Marne has 'heroine the hiirgest allied offensive since that wf April, 1!M7.. . Many tanks are being used In the Joint French und Anirriran advance. '', V. 1, .... "WASHINGTON, July 18. - - entire possession of their sector . 0cnPrai I V rKlijliCT reported todav w.., tu.,L.,;, i.... "tiinoii "minis iiu: Hlfl II.UI1 (IUII Kllia IWUl KjllAl' eau-Thierry were "completely broken up." : Pershing's communique follows: "In tho Marne sector our troops have. entirely gained pos-isession of the" south bank of the river. Northwest of Chateau-Thierry the enemy . yesterday .repeat ed his attempts' of .the preceding day to penetrate our lines near Vaux. His attack was completely broken up by our infantry and artillery fire before reaching our lines. ''Yesterday in the region of ' Thiaucourt a hostile airplane was shot down by one of our aviators."'" ' COLLAPSE QUICKLY By Webb Miller, it;illy News Hliift r'urrrsixirrdiit ) PARIS, .Miiy IS -10 a.m.) Completely frustrated In their . original design to reach the Marne on a wide front and smash toward Chalons, the Germans have switched to a secondary objective. atteniDtine to en circle Rheims by pushing along the! Marne river valley toward Kpcrnay, with their backs toward Paris. A high French miltary official thus summed up the situation for the United Press this morning: "This is the first time an attack of such weight has collapsed so j quickly' he declared, Reports re Icelved duHng tho night placed the enemy within eight miles of Eper- ny. Furious fighting was raging BAT CORN PEICE TWO CSNT3 ALLIES Oi DISMAY M l'rnn,.l, t.xl, u4a1rln .." i . 11.0 nuoiuug 'ininv mum ui 1 iiinrnu-1 merrj - Thierry have become staMI- American troops .have-gained on the south' bank'of liifMarne,' under date r.f -Inlv 17 4 .,, . hanks of the Marnq, along which liui't! manses of Germans were being thrown iinninst tho allies in repeated assaults. In their advance toward Kpcrnay. the Germans have the advantage of moving along a' railway and a highway, which runs tn almost parallel lines to the town. The French are 'meeting this thrust with incessantcounter-attacks which at last reports were causing many of Germany's most violent efforts to wilt without appreciable success. , ", The lighting wag described in battle dispatches as tho' m6st - furloua of offensives, the German ' shock troops meeting the Fronch counter-assaults in" repeated clashes. -:o:- A eirl that flirts Kllke a counter- Wt coir-the nev V v t- THURSDAY it,-.